[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 187 (Thursday, September 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 54902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19222]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Petition of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. for Exemptive 
Relief, Pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act, From 
the Requirement That the China Foreign Exchange Trade System and 
National Interbank Funding Center or its Members Register as Futures 
Commission Merchants

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Re-opening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') 
published on August 23, 2007, a notice of proposed order and request 
for comment regarding a petition filed with the Commission by the 
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (``CME'') applying for exemptive 
relief, pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act.\1\ 
CME's petition applies for exemptive relief from the requirement that 
the China Foreign Exchange Trade system and National Interbank Funding 
Center (``CFETS'') or its members register as futures commission 
merchants (``FCMs''). An interested party has requested that the 
comment period be extended by two weeks due to the novelty of the 
issues involved. The Commission is extending the comment period to 
October 9, 2007.
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    \1\ 72 FR 48262 (August 23, 2007).

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DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 9, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/http://frwebgate.access.gpo/cgi-bin/leaving. Follow the instructions 
for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``CME Petition for 
Exemption from FCM Registration on Behalf of CFETS'' in the subject 
line of the message.
     Fax: 202/418-5521.
     Mail: Send to David S. Stawick, Secretary, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20581.
     Courier: Same as mail above.
    All comments received will be posted without change to http://www.CFTC.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert B. Wasserman, Associate 
Director, 202-418-5092, [email protected]; Division of Clearing and 
Intermediary Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1151 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2007 by the 
Commission.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
 [FR Doc. E7-19222 Filed 9-26-07; 8:45 am]
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